Medieval Malaria: Skeletal evidence for this parasitic infection in the Netherlands Malaria, a debilitating and often chronic disease, was a major health problem up to the 20th century in the Netherlands. But was this also the case for the medieval period? Rachel Schats • June 25, 2021
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. On looks and personality in medieval thought In Renaissance Italy, “beautiful people” were believed to be good, whereas “ugly people” were generally bad. But what was the “logic” behind this reasoning? Marlisa den Hartog • September 06, 2019
Worms, Corruption, and Medieval Detoxing Laxatives, bloodletting, vomiting - medieval medicine was very preoccupied with purging the human body. And with reason, as little animals might be living inside of us... Marlisa den Hartog • July 20, 2018
